Combination base and shoe for toy people



Feb. 16, 1937. V e. SCHAUFFLER 2,071,179

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INVENTOR. 6514c: A. SC/MUFFZ'A I I BY 2a 'mghggm F76. 1 V ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES COMBINATION BASE AND SHOE FOR TOY OPLE Grace L. Schauffler, Oberlin, Ohio Application March 28,

1935, Serial No. 13,506

13 Claims. (01. 46-157) My invention particularly relates to an improved article which serves as a unitary supporting base and shoe for toys which represent people. Preferably the combination base and shoe is formed as an integral part of the toy leg and is so designed as to simulate footwear and thus serves both as a foot and a suitable covering therefor. The invention furnishes a stable foundation upon which the toy is maintained erect even when placed on its feet without unusual carefulness and even when subjected to ordinary jarring or air currents. The invention is also adapted for embodiment in a shoe detachably connected to the toy, such detachable embodiment of the invention also providing part of a stable supporting means for the toy. Preferably the invention is applied to dolls formed of cardboard or other suitably rigid paper, and I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, and so described it in the accompanying specification, in such embodiments.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail certain means embodying my invention, such means disclosing, however, but three of the Various forms in which the principle of the invention may be embodied.

In said annexed drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of a cardboard doll provided with one form of my improved combination base and shoe integrally formed with the dolls leg;

Figure 2 is a side view of the doll shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a rear view of the lower part of the dolls legs to the bottom of which are integrally secured my improved combination base and shoe;

Figure 4 is a plan section, taken in the plane indicated by the line 4-4, Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a bottom plan of the improved combination base and shoe shown in Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a developed view of the blank from which the improved combination base and shoe is formed, which can be folded and detachably fastened in operative form by the provision of certain fold lines and elements hereinafter fully described;

Figure 7 is a front view of a cardboard doll provided with a modified form of my improved combination base and shoe integrally formed with the dolls leg; I

Figure 8 is a side View of the doll shown in Figure 7;

Figure 9 is an elevation, taken from the plane indicated by the line 9-9, Figure 7;

Figure 10 is a r ar v ew of t e lower Pa t f the dolls legs and the combination bases and shoes integrally formed therewith, shown in Figure 7 Figure 11 is a bottom plan of the combination bases and shoes shown in Figure '7 5 Figure 12 is a front elevation of a developed view of the blank from which the combination bases and shoes of Figure '7 are formed; I

Figure 13 is a rear elevation of the elements shown in the developed view of Figure 12;

Figure 14 is a front view of a cardboard doll provided with a combination base and shoe which can be detachably secured to the dolls legs and form the dolls shoes and also provide part of a stable supporting structure for the doll; 15

Figure 15 is a side view of the doll shown in Figure 14 provided with the detachably secured combination bases and shoes; 7

Figure 16 is a front View of the lower part of the dolls legs shown in Figure 14, with the combination shoes and supporting structure somewhat removed from the legs so as to show the method of detachably securing the same;

Figure 17 is a plan View of the detachable combination supporting structure and shoes, taken from the plane indicated by the line ll-l Figure 16; and

Figure 18 is a developed view of the blank from which the detachable combination shoe and supporting structure of Figure 14 may be formed.

Referring to the annexed drawings in which the same parts are indicated by the same respective numbers in the several views, and particularly referring to Figures 1 to 6, the body I of a cardboard doll is formed with legs 2 having extensions 2' secured to and adapted to cooperate I with my improved combination base and shoe element to provide a support for holding the doll firmly in an erect position, such as shown in Figure 1, and to provide footwear. The improved combination base and shoe for the doll l is formed from the leg extension 2' and a cardboard blank 3 integrally secured thereto, and preferably extending angularly therefrom, which has a plurality of fold lines Ii, l2, and i3, by means of which the blank may be repeatedly folded upon itself, the fold line I I being a border line between the leg extension 2' and the nearest foldable part 4 of the blank, whereby the blank may be folded around the leg extension 2'. One of the blank parts defined by the fold lines, and preferably the I blank part 8 lying exteriorly of the outermost fold line I3, is marked to simulate footwear, by

any appropriate designs, such as the opening 8, 55 I 7 provided by the blank footwear part 8.

strap 8 and button 8 Intermediate the blank parts 4 and 8, and defined by the fold lines I2 and I3, is a blank part 6 of triangular formation, as clearly shown in Figure 6, so that the footwear part 8, when the blank 3 is in unfolded condition, fronts in a direction substantially perpendicular to the front face of the leg extension 2.

It is evident from. the aforegoing description and the accompanying drawings, that when the blank 3 is folded on the line H and back of the leg extension 2' and then folded on the line I2 and passed in front of the leg extension 2', the triangular part 6 will extend in the direction in which the leg extension 2' faces, and the footwear part 8 will also face in the same direction and extend forwardly from the leg'extension 2. The several blank parts 4, 6, and 8 being made of the proper sizes, relative to the size of the leg extension 2, the folded blank will closely encase the leg extension 2 and hide it from view when the doll is viewed from the frontythe whole presenting the appearance clearly shown in Figure 1. In order to hold the folded blank securely in folded position, I form the footwear part 8 thereof with an extended tongue 9 which cooperates with a groove I0 formed in the leg extension 2' adjacently above the top of the blank part 4. The fastener elements 9 and II] can be readily attached and detached when the blank 3 is in folded condition.

In addition to thus providing footwear for the doll which may be quickly folded and unfolded and held in folded condition by readily detachable fastener elements, I so form the same members that they provide a stable base or support for the doll whereby it can readily and without unusual carefulness be placed in a standing position and will maintain such position even against a reasonable amount of jarring or reasonably strong air current or unevenness in the supporting surface. A part of this support is provided by the leg extension 2 whose lower edge is flat and at substantially right angles to the vertical height of the doll, and another part of the support is This part 8 is of such length and the part 8 of such triangular formation that when the blank is folded, and the body I is in exactly vertical position, the toe of the footwear 8 will not quite reach the plane of the lower supporting edge of the leg extension 2. Thus, when the doll is placed upon a supporting surface I5, such as a floor or table, the body I tips forward slightly, as clearly shown in Figure 2, until the toe of the footwear 8 is rested upon the supporting surface I5. Preferably the toe portion of this footwear 8 is rounded outwardly, as clearly seen in Figure 5, so that it contacts the floor only in a comparatively short line of contact, whereby any unevenness in the supporting surface I5 does not tend to rock or tilt the doll and cause it more easily to fall over. Furthermore, the lower edges 5 and 'I of the blank parts 4 and 6 are made upwardly concave or, in other suitable ways, lifted above the horizontal plane of the bottom edge of the leg extension 2' and the supporting area of the footwear 8, Figure 2, so that these edges 5 and I cannot contact uneven parts of the supporting surface I5, and thus tend to tilt or upset the doll.

Any suitable configuration or designing of the blank part 8, to simulate desired footwear, may be used and, in addition to the parts 8', B and 8 heretofore mentioned and assisting this simulation, I show lower front edge trim I4, Figures 1, 4, and 6.

Referring to the form of doll construction shown in Figures 7 to 13, there is integrally secured to the leg extension 2 by a fold line I! a cardboard blank I6 comprising a body member I8 extended laterally and upwardly at an angle of about 45 and of somewhat concave formation, as viewed from the front in unfolded condition. The rear face of this member I8 is de signed to simulate footwear by suitable means such as the opening I8, strap I8 and button I8 Figure 13, and this footwear design is presented toward the front, Figure 7, by folding the blank on the line I! in front of the leg extension 2', and the footwear held in the folded position by means of a tongue I9 formed on the member I8 and a cooperating slot 20 formed on the inside edge of the leg extension 2. In this embodiment of my invention, the bottom edge of the leg extension 2' and a part of the lower edge of the footwear member I8 form a stable support for the doll, in a slightly tilted position, as clearly shown in Figures 7 and 8. The supporting area I8 of the footwear member I8 is preferably provided somewhat interiorly of the center line of the footwear member I8, in folded condition, as shown in Figure 7. Thus, the remainder of the outer edge of the member I8 lies above the supporting surface I5 so that any slight obstructions upon the surface I5 which would otherwise contact with these remaining portions of the outer edge and hence tilt or upset the doll are avoided. The result is to obtain a very stable upright position of the doll, slightly forwardly tilted, as shown in Figure 8.

In Figures 14 to 18, I disclose a combination base and shoe 2| which is not integrally formed with the doll leg extension 2'. It is a foldable structure, similar in various respects to the foldable structure of Figures 1 to 6, and encloses the leg extension 2 when folded, all as will now be explained. The blank 2| has fold lines 28, 21, and 28. In this case, the fold line 28 is not a border line between the blank 2| and the leg extension 2, as is true of the fold line II of the; form of blank 3 shown in Figure 6, but the fold line 28, Figure 18, is-a line between one of the main blank parts 30 and an additional supporting part 3|. Two other blank parts consist of the intermediate triangular part 29 and the outer footwear part 22 formed by the fold lines 21 and 28, respectively. The part 22 simulates footwear through the provision of suitable means such as the design presenting a recess 23, the strap 24, button 24', and lower front edge trim 25.

In the form of construction shown in Figures 14 to 18, the blank is first folded into a supporting member and a member simulating footwear before it is secured to the doll leg extension 2. In folding the blank, the outer parts 22, 29, and 30 are folded on the line 28 back of the special supporting part 3|, and then the parts 29 and 22 are folded on theline 21, and then the footwear member 22 folded on the line 26 and fastened by cooperating fastener members, tongue 32 on member 22, and slot 33 formed in the inner edge of member 30. The member 30 is extended upwardly to form a segment-shaped portion 30 above the horizontal plane containing the slot 33 and, when the blank is folded, this segmental member 30? lies just to the rear of and above the special supporting part 3|, Figure 15. Also, when the blank is folded, and the bottom edge of the supporting part 3| is in a horizontal plane, no portions of the bottom edges of the parts 30, 29 and 22 reach downwardly as far as this plane lit although a comparatively small area 22' of the front edge of the footwear member 22 nearly reaches this plane.

The folded base and shoe 2| is secured to the doll body by passing the leg extension 2 downwardly, and immediately in front of the chord member through a slight space 34, Figure 17, between the supporting member 3| and the folded part 30 immediately to the rear thereof. The bottom edges of the special supporting part 3| and the leg extension 2 are aligned in the same horizontal plane so that they form a combined rear supporting surface, Figure 15, of an area double the rear supporting areas provided for the forms of device shown in Figures 2 and 8. A slight forward tilting of the doll, as shown in Figure 15, results in bringing the footwear toe supporting area 22' into contact with the supporting surface I5, so that the doll is supported in a stable upright position upon the area 22' and the bottom edges of the members 2' and 3|, the remainder of the bottom edges of the mem- ----bers 30, 29, and 22 clearing any obstructions upon the surface I5, as clearly indicated in Figure 15. Although not limited thereto, my invention is particularly applicable to cardboard books upon the several pages of which are displayed doll designs having either integral combination bases and shoes, or provided with separate combination bases and shoes, displayed in unfolded blank formation and with the proper fold lines indicated. Such doll designs and the combination bases and shoes form cut-outs which a child can shear from the page, and then fold into a stable doll having suitable footwear. Garments for the doll, such as shown in Figures 1, '7, and 14, or other suitable garments, may be the subject matter of other cut-outs suitably designed and displayed upon the pages of the cardboard book.

What I claim is:

1. A unitary support and footwear for toy people, made from a blank, and comprising an extended leg member having a supporting surface, a member simulating footwear, a fold line between said members in a plane substantially normal to the supporting surface, said footwear member when folded extending downwardly at its forward lower edge to a horizontal plane slightly above the horizontal plane containing said supporting surface, and separable cooperating fastener elements secured to the two members for retaining them in folded condition.

2. Footwear for toy people, made from a blank, and comprising an end body member having a supporting surface, an opposite end member simulating the front of footwear, three fold lines and two intermediate members between said end members, one of said intermediate members being of substantially triangular formation, having its base extending from the bottom of the other intermediate member to a bottom corner of one of said end members, and separable cooperating fastener elements formed on the second-mentioned end member and one of said intermediate members.

3. Footwear for toy pepole, made from a blank, and comprising an end body member having a supporting surface, an opposite end member simulating footwear that fronts in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction in which said supporting surface faces, said second-men tioned end member being formed with a fastener element, an intermediate member having a cooperating fastener-element and extended downwardly to a plane lying above the plane of said supporting surface, a second intermediate element of triangular formation disposed between said second-mentioned end member and said first-mentioned intermediate member, and fold lines between contiguous members.

4. Footwear for toy people, made from a blank, and comprising an end body member having a supporting surface, an opposite end member simulating footwear that fronts in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction in which said supporting surface faces, saidsecond-mentioned end member being formed with a fastener eletioned end member when folded extending downwardly at its forward lower edge to a horizontal plane slightly above the horizontal plane containing said supporting surface.

5. Footwear for toy people, made from a blank,

and comprising an end body member having a supporting surface, an opposite end member simulating the front of footwear, three fold lines .and two intermediate members between said end members, one of said intermediate members being of substantially triangular formation, having its base extending from the bottom of the other intermediate member to a bottom corner of said second-mentioned end member, and separable cooperating fastener elements formed on the second-mentioned end member and said other intermediate member, said second-mentioned end member when folded extending downwardly at its forward lower edge to a horizontal plane slightly above the horizontal plane containing said supporting surface.

6. Footwear for toy people, made from a blank, and comprising an end body member having a supporting surface, an opposite end member simulating the front of footwear, three fold lines and two intermediate members between said end members, one of said intermediate members being of substantially triangular formation, having its base extending from the bottom of the other intermediate member to a bottom corner of said second-mentioned end member, and separable cooperating fastener elements formed on the second-mentioned end member and said other intermediate member, said two intermediate members when folded extending downwardly but an insufficient distance to reach the plane of said supporting surface, and said second-mentioned end member when folded extending downwardly at its forward lower edge to a horizontal plane slightly above the horizontal plane containing said supporting surface, said second-mentioned end member having a single point support.

'7. A paper doll comprising a cardboard body having extended legs formed with doll-supporting surfaces, foldable cardboard members secured to the leg extensions, extended laterally of the latter, and foldable around said extensions, said members simulating footwear, and means for holding said members in releasably folded position.

8. A paper doll comprising a cardboard body having extended legs formed with doll-supporting surfaces, cardboard members secured to the leg extensions, said members having a plurality of fold lines, one of the foldable parts of said members simulating footwear, one or more of the folded parts of said members having doll-supporting surfaces spaced, in the folded condition of said members, from the supporting surfaces of the legs, and detachably engageable means for holding said members in folded position.

9. A paper doll comprising a cardboard body having extended legs formed with doll-supporting surfaces, cardboard members secured to the leg extensions, said members having a plurality of transverse fold lines, the parts of the respective members lying exteriorly of the outermost fold lines simulating footwear, said footwear parts of said members when folded having doll-supporting surfaces, and means for holding said members in folded position.

10. A paper doll comprising a cardboard body having extended legs formed with doll-supporting surfaces, foldable cardboard members integrally formed with the leg extensions, said members having a plurality of transverse fold lines, the parts of the respective members lying exteriorly of the outermost fold linessimulating footwear, said footwear parts of said members when folded having doll-supporting surfaces .lying slightly above the horizontal plane containing the first-mentioned supporting surfaces, and means for:ho1ding said members in folded position.

11. A paper doll comprising a cardboard body having extended legs formed with doll-supporting surfaces, foldable cardboard members integrally formed with the leg extensions, said members having a plurality of transverse fold lines, the parts of the respective m'embers lying exteriorly of the outermost fold lines simulating footwear, all of said members when folded lying slightly above the horizontal plane containing the firstmentioned supporting surfaces, and means for holding said members in folded position.

12. A paper doll comprising a cardboard body having substantially no third dimension and provided with extended legs formed with doll-supporting surfaces, and members secured to the leg extensions and foldable around the latter to form with said surfaces three-dimensional doll supports, and means for holding said members in releasably folded position.

13. A paper doll comprising a cardboard body having substantially no third dimension and provided with extended legs formed with doll-supporting surfaces, and members secured to the leg extensions and having portions thereof simulating footwear, said members being foldable around the extensions in three-dimensional formation to provide additional supporting surfaces and to position the simulating footwear, and means for holding said members in releasably folded position.

GRACE L. SCHAUFFLER. 

